Happy Spring Equinox! Today marks the first official day of Spring (though you’d never know it based on all the snow we’re still getting here in Vermont). To celebrate the coming season, here are some awesome photos from a Spring picnic in 1944. original photo series titled “Abalone Picnic” captured by John Florea in April 1944 [...]
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Links Roundup – WWII rationing/restrictions on clothing
I’ve had a lot of requests for more information on general rationing, and more specifically, on how fabric/clothing rationing and other restrictions influenced fashion during WWII and after. There is A TON of information out there if you know where to look, so I’ve put together a bunch of links to help you with your own research [...]
40′s Farm Girl Overalls
I didn’t get many photos of my farm girl impression while at my reenactment, mostly because it was freeeezing and I hardly ever took off my barn coat and layers of sweaters! There isn’t anything too fancy about my outfit. I pulled inspiration from photos like this one and did the best I could to recreate [...]
My first WWII reenactment
I just got back from my very first WWII reenactment at Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania. It was awesome!! I didn’t get many photos of my outfit (which I’m going to remedy soon!), but I did get a few shots that I think you’d enjoy seeing anyways I chose a civilian farm girl impression since [...]
Recreated 1943 Mail Order Dress
It’s finished! My shirt dress inspired by a 1943 design from a Bellas Hess mail order catalog. (Available as a PDF download here) There is SO much amazing inspiration in that catalog! Once I found this brown gingham fabric I knew I had to try and recreate a similar dress. I used no less than [...]
Fashion Tips from a WWII Farm Girl
Next month I’m participating in a WWII reenactment and I’ve been obsessed with perfecting my civilian “impression”. I figured I should stick with a look that’s natural for me since this is my first reenactment. I live in a small town in Vermont surrounded by wilderness and farm land, so I thought a farm girl [...]
